Japan Boardgame Prize 2024
We announce the 23rd Japan Boardgame Prize! It is divided into two categories, namely, U-more Award and Voters' Selection.
We award the best game for beginners and families, named "U-more Award". The jury consists of five administlators of our family gaming society. After 3 months of discussion and selection, we decided "WILDE WIKINGER" as Game of the year and 3 nominees.
U-more Award - Game of the Year:
WILDE WIKINGER (Japanese edition)
(Wolfgang Dirscherl / Sugorokuya)
Nominee
aiue battle
(Yonemitsu Kazunari / Gentosha edu)
Mister Diamond (Japanese edition)
(Gunter Baars / hanayama)
Rikka
(Hashimoto Atsushi / Arclight Games)
Voters' Selection: 78 boardgamers from 26 prefectures took part in the award, in cooperation with many boardgame circles and shops. They selected upto five favorites from a list of 244 titles, which were sold in Japanese market within the last one year. We added up for each voter 5 points to the first favorit, 4 points to the second ... 1 point to the fifth.
As a result "aiue battle" won the Japan Board Game Prize 2024.
Voters' Selection - 1st Prize:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
Slay the Spire: The Board Game (Japanese edition)
(Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, Casey Yano / KenBill)
46pt.
5th:
7th:Coffee Rush (Japanese edition) (Euijin Han / Engames)
7th:SKY TEAM (Japanese edition) (Luc Rémond /Sugorokuya)
9th:ACQUIRE (Japanese edition) (Sid Sackson / Arclight Games)
10th:Mister Diamond (Japanese edition) (Gunter Baars / hanayama)
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